Loddon Hare Brained

Brewed by Loddon
Style: Bitter
Reading, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask (gravity dispense) at Wandsworth Common Beer Festival @ Le Gothique on 25 March 2011. Old gold colour. Eek - loads of butterscotch in the aroma. I know that diacetyl is supposed to be a brewing issue but I do wonder whether it can be "encouraged" by the conditioning too. Rather cleaner on the palate but the damage had already been done. Maybe some beers can cope with a little diacetyl but I wouldn’t put pale, light bitters in that category. Default score and flagged for re-rate.

Cask conditioned handpump Moon On The Square Northampton 08/05/12. A golden beer with a white head. A reasonable citrussy beer with lemon and pineapple notes. Starts nicely tart but is a bit short. It’s decent enough but could be better.

Cask (handpump) @ The Hope Tap, 99-105 Friar Street, Reading, Berkshire, England RG1 1EP.

Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110427]

Cask handpul at Hope Spoons Reading. Clear pale gold colour with thin off white head. Its an ok golden ale with some softish citrus hops on the end. Some sting on finish. Nothing wrong with it nothing jars. Its fine. Slightly better than average uk golden ale.

[Cask at the William Robert Loosley (JDW), High Wycombe] Deep gold, cream head. A bit of fruit, a hint of spice, and some grassiness. Nice full mouthfeel. It’s pleasant enough, but a bit of a mish mash - not sure Loddon quite knew where they were going with this one?

Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Amber with a loose cream head; orangey malty aroma; fruity orange and malt flavours; with a lightly bitter finish. Another cracking beer from Loddon.